The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-02-24
News liens.

- There is q bill now before the Ne.
vada Legislature disqualifying from hold
Office any Que who is victim of strong
drink.
= Mr.. Davis the newly elected Senator
from Minnesota, who is now in Washing
ton, is very generally mistaken for Ben
Butler.
A bed of cream and white colored
marble has been discovered on the edge
of the village of Rome, Ga. A company
has been formed to develop the marble,
which is there in almost exhaustless
quantities.
Maj. w. H. Brawley, of Charleston,
has been invited to deliver the anniver-
sary Grafton before the students of
Erskine College, Due West, at the COM
mencement of that institution in June
next.
= The West Virginia Legislature has
passed resolution submitting to the
people an amedment to the constitution
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors in that State. The amendment
will be voted on in November, 1883, at
the next general election.
= An old colored woman, named
Minda Jackson, supposed to be more
than hundred years old, was acciden.
dentally burned to death last Friday.
A colored boy passing the house on Fri.
day noticed smoke issuing freely from
the door and crevices about the house,
and, on investigation, found the old wo-
man lying near the hearth in flames,
quite dead.-Horry Herald.
In discussing the bill to retire the
trade dollar, Mr.. Morrison gave an official
statement from the Director of the Mint
showing that the total amount of the
trade dollars remaining in the United
States is only &,636,732. These dollars
were all issued by our Government, and
the people supposed they we're legal
tender money, whatever Congress might
have intended them to be.
The General Passenger Agent of
the Northwestern Passenger Association
lines yesterday concluded four days.
session at Chicago, given over to the
consideration of the Interstate Com
merce law. They recommend the abol-
ishment of the thousand mile tickets,
theatrical rates and passes and are
uncertain as to whether any special rates
can be made.
The Financial Chronicle gives a
comparative statement showing the
January earnings often leading Southern
and Southwestern Companies for six
years. In January. 1882, the earnings of
the Richmond and Danville road were
s2ss,62S in 1888, $259,757; in 1884,
s266,sS9; in 1885, s925,653; in 1886,
$27S,527 in 1887, s954,S00. Only two
of the ten roads represented in the com.
parative statement fail to show for Janua-
ry, 1887, larger returns than for any Of
the years given, while the aggregate
earnings of the ten roads for the first
month of 1887 are over million dollars
greater than in 1886.
During chicken fight in Hamburg
Thursday afternoon, difficulty occurred
which came near resulting seriously. S.
D. Cross and Polk Thomas got into a
dispute over the weight of cock, when
the lie was given and few blows passed
before they were separated. Shortly
afterwards, while Cross was leaning
against the rope around the pit, Thomas
hurled q weight striking him in the
mouth, knocking some of his teeth out
aud telling him to the ground. Thomas
then set out on run for the bridge, but
Cross quickly recovered himself and gave
chase, firing as be ran. Thomas returned
the fire, but kept on running until he
reached the Georgia side, when Cross
turned back.
"A special dispatch from Ottawa,
Cam, says: The announcement that the
Princess Louise is seeking divorce from
Lord Lorne, caused very little surprise to
those who were familiar with their
domestic relations during the time Lord
Lorne occupied Rideau Hall as Governor
General of the Dominion. To those
who visited Government House, no mat.
ter whether to dinner, to a ball or to.
bogganing party, the same strained rela-
lations between the Princess and her
consort were apparent. Seldom was the
Marquis seen in the company of the
Princess, and when by chance they came
together, he was made to feel his infe.
rior social position. 1t is said that it
required all the tact of the Queen TO
keep the peace and prevent an open
rupture in the noble house of Argyle.